Joyce DiDonato stars in `Eden in Olympia' coinciding with Paris Games, a call to climate action
While much of the globe is focused on the Paris Olympics, a movie filmed in ancient Olympia starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato premiered this week that uses music to spark contemplation of creation and carnage.
Harris makes a pre-taped appearance on 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' to urge Americans to vote
Vice President Kamala Harris has crashed the season finale of โRuPaulโs Drag Race All Stars,โ urging Americans to vote in an appearance taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid.
Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns
Hollywoodโs video game performers are going on strike, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections.
Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, 'Melania,' scheduled for this fall
Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, โMelania,โ billed as โa powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence.โ.
Cartoonist Roz Chast to be honored at the Brooklyn Book Festival, which runs from Sept. 22-30
Lorrie Moore, Attica Locke and Edwidge Danticat will be among hundreds of writers attending this Septemberโs Brooklyn Book Festival, for years one of the literary worldโs most anticipated gatherings.
The late Colombian artist Botero is celebrated with an open-air sculpture exhibition in Rome
The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her fatherโs famously voluminous and whimsical sculptures.
Man charged in Tupac Shakur's killing asks again for house arrest instead of jail before trial
An ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader is asking a Nevada judge to change her mind and release him from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of music legend Tupac Shakur.
As doctors in Puerto Rico leave in droves, a rapper tries to fill in the gaps
Puerto Rico has lost nearly half of its doctors in just over a decade, according to a 2023 report, as the healthcare system is grappling with severe understaffing, power outages, and lower wages compared to the mainland U.S. That's why one doctor, Pedro Juan Vรกzquez, who is better known by his stage name PJ Sin Suela, is trying to fill the gaps.
Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more
The Angelina Jolie-directed war film โWithout Blood,โ a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leighโs contemporary tragicomedy โHard Truthsโ will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.
Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author's 125th birthday in his beloved Key West
Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the authorโs award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.
What to stream this week: Ice Spice, Ghostbusters, Bob Marley, Wayne Brady and new 'Futurama'
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include the long-awaited debut album from Ice Spice, the movie โGhostbusters: Frozen Empireโ mixing new and old franchise stars and Kate Upton hosts the new competition series โDress My Tour,โ where fashion and music intersect.
'Longlegs' star Maika Monroe's secret to success in Hollywood is a healthy relationship to it
One of the few moments of levity in โLonglegsโ โ the Neon horror film in theaters now about a Satanist serial killer โ happens when Maika Monroeโs character, Lee Harker, meets her co-workerโs young daughter.
Who is Ingrid Andress, the country singer who performed the National Anthem at MLB Home Run Derby?
Country singer and four-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress has gone viral for her widely panned performance of the national anthem at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' host says he was surprised and disappointed the show was pulled from the air
MSNBC โMorning Joeโ host Joe Scarborough says he was โsurprised and disappointedโ the news and talk show was pulled off the air the day before and that the explanation he was given didn't hold water.
What to watch as the Republican National Convention kicks off days after Trump assassination attempt
The Republican National Convention starts Monday in Milwaukee, two days after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt, with the violent scene at his campaign rally horrifying the country and amplifying already intense political divisions.
Acclaimed video artist Bill Viola dies at 73, created landmark `Tristan und Isolde' production
Bill Viola, a video artist who combined with director Peter Sellars on a groundbreaking production of Wagnerโs โTristan und Isoldeโ originally seen in Los Angeles, Paris and New York, has died at age 73.